Selma
Sticker Shock: Commissioners Hear Concerns About 2025 Property Revaluation
Rural areas see highest average increases JOHNSTON COUNTY – Johnston County Commissioners heard from a number of resident on Monday who were concerned about the recent property revaluation. Revaluation letters…
Teen Injured In Drive-By Shooting
SELMA – One person was injured in a drive-by shooting Saturday afternoon in the Selma city limits. Police said the shooting happened at a home in the 1100 block of…
One Person In Hospital After Stabbing
SELMA – The Johnston County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a stabbing. The incident was reported Saturday afternoon at a home in the 2000 block of Old Beulah Road near Jerry…
One Person Killed In ATV Crash
SELMA – Just before midnight, New Year’s Eve, a man lost his life on his own driveway, according to authorities. The victim was turning off of King Road onto his…
Death Row Inmate Convicted For Johnston County Homicide Receives Commuted Sentence To Life Without Parole
Governor Cooper Takes Capital Clemency Actions RALEIGH – Governor Roy Cooper announced today (Tuesday) that he has commuted the sentences of 15 people on death row in North Carolina to…
Selma Police: 2021 Disappearance Of Elderly Man Remains Unsolved
SELMA – Its been three years since a Selma man disappeared without a trace. James Norman Batten was last seen alive on December 15, 2021. At the time of his…
Activate Selma Featured In January Issue Of Our State Magazine
SELMA – The story of Activate Selma, now a community-based 501c(3) nonprofit based in Selma, will be highlighted in a six-page feature in the January 2025 issue of Our State:…
Fuel Tanker And Car Involved In Accident
SELMA – Just past midnight, a woman driving home following a Christmas shopping trip sideswiped a fully loaded gasoline tanker, narrowly averting a serious crash on US 70 at Oak…
JCPS Van Driver, Student Passenger Injured In Collision
SELMA – Two people were transported to the hospital following a two vehicle accident on Buffalo Road in the Selma city limits. Selma Police said a passenger car crossed the…
Teen Crashes Car Into Utility Pole
SELMA – A 17 year-old driver reportedly avoided a head-on crash by swerving off the roadway and crashing into a power pole, Wednesday afternoon, in the 8000 block of Buffalo…
Local Resident Dr. Brittany McCoy Graduates From Leadership Development Program
KINSTON— Brittany McCoy, PharmD, MBA, BS of Selma recently graduated from the NC Rural Center’s Homegrown Leaders program, a three-day regional leadership and community economic development program that develops and…
Fire Damages Howell Road Home
PRINCETON – A local fire department could not have been more prepared Saturday evening as they were gathered at the fire station for their annual Christmas dinner. When the call…
